The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 19.0087 Monday, 11 February 2008
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Date: Monday, February 11, 2008
Subject: Manga Shakespeares
Today, I learned from Google alerts of the Cliff Notes Manga Shakespeare
Editions:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/2/prweb684564.htm
CliffsNotes Announces Shakespeare -- The Manga Edition, The Classics
Have Never Looked So Good
Shakespeare has it all, and now you can experience the action and
appreciate the intrigue in Shakespeare-- The Manga Edition! From the
experts at CliffsNotes (www.cliffsnotes.com) comes a new reference
series that takes reading and learning to another level: The Manga
Edition. Manga is a Japanese graphic novel, characterized by highly
stylized art, which has grown into a worldwide phenomenon.
(PRWEB) February 11, 2008 -- Dreams and schemes! Alliances and
betrayals! Murder and mayhem! Passions and poisons! Shakespeare has it
all, and now you can experience the action and appreciate the intrigue
in Shakespeare-- The Manga Edition!
From the experts at CliffsNotes (www.cliffsnotes.com) comes a new
reference series that takes reading and learning to another level: The
Manga Edition. Manga is a Japanese graphic novel, characterized by
highly stylized art, which has grown into a worldwide phenomenon.
Kicking off this new series with adaptations of Shakespeare's Hamlet,
Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet, reading the classics is
more fun than ever before! All of these books combine the classic art
form of Manga and Shakespeare's literature, and feature an introduction
to set the stage so you're engrossed from the first page. Learn more
about this fast-paced and exciting series at www.cliffsnotes.com/go/manga
Inked by talented Manga artists, The Manga Edition books convert
well-known classics into full-throttle, graphic novels, with panel after
panel of compelling action. Each book begins with a four-page essay
summarizing the play, and tying the Manga and the literature together.
Followed by the Manga itself, the classics virtually come to life on the
page, each scene lain out with highly detailed and exciting
illustrations, and complemented by Shakespeare's own words.
[ . . . ]
This series published by John Wiley is the second edition of Manga
Shakespeare that I know of:
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-310791.html
The other series was first published in the UK by the SelfMadeHero's
Manga Shakespeare:
http://www.selfmadehero.com/manga_shakespeare/index.html The series was
then picked up in the US by the Harry N. Abrams's Aumlet series:
http://www.hnabooks.com/product/search?terms=Manga+Shakespeare&x=24&y=8
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